ESCAPE FROM HELL

Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor.

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Forget the fact that this is obviously nonsense. Donâ€™t Christians question the morality of this? Donâ€™t they have enough of a moral compass to understand that perpetually burning a person for watching a football game might be a dick move on Godâ€™s part?

@Nick Farrantello: Christian’s don’t question the morality of it any more than I question the morality of a bee that stings me. God is not a moral actor. The supernatural God is, perversely, part of the natural universe as they see it. It is only humans that are morally judged. Also, let’s not “forget the fact that it is obviously nonsense”. Part of the crazy that hits one in the face is the total lack of empathy with people who use heroine, watch football, or are dying. Not empathizing with Christians wouldn’t improve my experience, it would worsen it.

[God] puts an apple tree in the middle of [the Garden of Eden] and says, do what you like guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting “Gotcha.” It wouldn’t have made any difference if they hadn’t eaten it…Because if you’re dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won’t give up. They’ll get you in the end.- Douglas Adams

If he doesn’t get you watching football then it will be something else

Do ya see the mountain in the distance, in heaven? (around 1 min) It’s proof! Even the christians acknowledge it!! That’s a beer volcano, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the supreme being!!! And you can’t prove He isn’t, so you know I’m right…